Two Wilmington police officers injured in crash

Thursday

WILMINGTON -- Two Wilmington police officers are recovering from minor injuries after a driver reportedly went through a red light Thursday.

Wilmington Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Dandron said the crash happened at about 9 a.m. at the intersection of North Third Street and Davis Street in downtown Wilmington. A driver, 21-year-old Juwan Wright, was heading north on Third when he failed to stop at a red light at Davis, Dandron said. Wright's car reportedly T-boned an unmarked police car heading through the intersection, which in turn collided with a second unmarked police car.

The intersection is a few blocks from police headquarters.

Wright is charged with a red light violation and exceeding the speed limit. Dandron said while all three drivers suffered only minor injuries, one officer had to be taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for X-rays to determine if he had a broken bone.

"We were really lucky that it wasn’t worse than it was," Dandron said, "but this is something that people do all the time. They just disregard stop lights and stop signs, thinking that they can make it through and it's not going to happen to them, but it does and it can be bad."

Reporter Cammie Bellamy can be reached at 910-343-2339 or Cammie.Bellamy@StarNewsOnline.com.

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